[EBB Sightings] Barn Owl in Rockridge

There is a family of barn owls in my neighborhood in southwest Berkeley (living in an OLD Canary Island palm tree).

Lisa

Arlene Gemmill wrote:

> A friend in Rockridge,  not on this list, just phoned to say a BARN OWL had
> been sitting on her neighbor's roof for the last hour.
> Janet lives in Rockridge near Ayala and Martin Sts., near the #24 ramp.  She
> says there are lots of rats around recently so maybe reason for Owl.
> How common is that species in the East Bay?  I live in San Francisco where
> it seems that it is only in the last year that Barn Owl has been reported.
> Has there been a population explosion of them in Bay Area?
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